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SM2280S3G21 120GB

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Release date ≈ Q4 2017.

Average Bench: 51.8% (881st of 1072)

Based on 5 user benchmarks.  Model: KINGSTON SM2280S3G21
Poor: 46%Average: 51.8% Great: 59%

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Average average bench

The Kingston SM2280S3G21 120GB averaged 48.2% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. 4K Random Read Speed 19.5MB/s
Avg. Sequential Read Speed 405MB/s

Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this SSD perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Sequential Write Speed 172MB/s
Avg. 4K-64Thread Read Speed 110MB/s
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Average Bench

(Based on 5 samples)
Rank 88151.8%
Min Avg Max
361 Read 405 432
140 Write 172 197
192 Mixed 223 279
160 SusWrite 177 194
54.2% 245 MB/s
Min Avg Max
15.4 4K Read 19.5 22.5
27.5 4K Write 36.3 38.7
9.51 4K Mixed 15.8 24.5
69.1% 23.9 MB/s
Min Avg Max
19.3 DQ Read 110 153
39 DQ Write 103 148
9.59 DQ Mixed 50.4 104
53.1% 87.7 MB/s
User Benchmarks BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
The fastest SSD (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
102GB free
Firmware: SAFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 195 194 194 193 194 MB/s
59.3% Above average
Read 361
Write 196
Mixed 192
SusWrite 194
52% 236 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 38.7
4K Mixed 24.5
85% 28.4 MB/s
DQ Read 153
DQ Write 148
DQ Mixed 104
91% 135 MB/s
77GB free
Firmware: SAFM
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 151 151 168 163 MB/s
56.9% Above average
Read 387
Write 197
Mixed 200
SusWrite 160
52% 236 MB/s
4K Read 22.5
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 23.9
85% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 115
DQ Write 122
DQ Mixed 91.6
76% 110 MB/s
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM
50.7% Above average
Read 431
Write 164
Mixed 216
59% 270 MB/s
4K Read 19.1
4K Write 38.5
4K Mixed 9.6
62% 22.4 MB/s
DQ Read 145
DQ Write 107
DQ Mixed 9.59
39% 87.2 MB/s
38GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFM
46.2% Average
Read 432
Write 164
Mixed 279
64% 292 MB/s
4K Read 18.8
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 9.51
61% 22.1 MB/s
DQ Read 19.3
DQ Write 39
DQ Mixed 9.61
13% 22.7 MB/s
94GB free
Firmware: SAFM
45.7% Average
Read 415
Write 140
Mixed 230
57% 262 MB/s
4K Read 15.4
4K Write 27.5
4K Mixed 11.5
53% 18.1 MB/s
DQ Read 117
DQ Write 97.6
DQ Mixed 36.6
47% 83.9 MB/s

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The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 75,760,308 SSDs tested

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Typical SM2280S3G21 120GB Builds (Compare 208 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 42%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 36%
Jet ski

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z97N-Gaming 5

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel  $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples67x
Core i5-4690KIntel  $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples40x
Core i7-4790Intel  $135Bench 71%, 255,027 samples24x
GPU
GTX 970Nvidia  $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples26x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel  $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples21x
GTX 960Nvidia  $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples14x
SSD
SM2280S3G21 120GBKingstonBench 52%, 5 samples1x
RAM
Fury DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBHyperXBench 59%, 122,541 samples25x
TridentX DDR3 1866 C8 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 946 samples10x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples8x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 68% - Good Total price: $548

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